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I'm sure some of you have some artists that are generally beloved by the music community but you just can't stand them.

For me it is The Mars Volta. It should be right up my alley, I like a lot of similar music but I can't get over the vocals. They sound so emo (which kinda makes sense, given the background of the vocalist) but to me it just does not fit the music at all.

Not trying to shit talk them, just wanting to share some hot takes.

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[–] fear@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The Offspring. They always seemed to latch onto whatever sound was most popular at the time and regurgitated more of the same. Somehow they built an extremely successful career doing this.

[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

To be fair to them, they released Smash just in time for skate punk to suddenly explode into the mainstream. They went from punk scene kids playing shitty dive bars and squats to being up there with Green Day, Nofx, and Rancid at the top of the punk tree, and kinda wanted to stay there. So Smash is a legitimately brilliant record, Ixnay On The Hombre is great, then they hit their formula with Americana and cruised along that rut.

[–] ADHDefy@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As someone who actually likes The Offspring, this is definitely true. lol Also, a lot of their songs are just kinda the same song.

But on the other hand, their guitarist's name is Noodles. So... that's not nothing.

[–] DJDarren@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Meanwhile, Dexter has a PhD and owns a hot sauce company.

[–] SwampYankee@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Also, they had one of two songs in Crazy Taxi for PS2.

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